Looking
pretty good only about 14 hours after surgery. The surgical
incision ran vertical from his groin all the way to his
ribcage, and he's still smiling!
Saturday
August 2, 2003
Photos
taken sequentially from 9:30 am to about 4:30 pm during the
day.
The
front of St. Mary's Hospital Mayo. This older part of the
building sported a cornerstone showing it was laid in 1940.
The
impressive front doors, made of what I assume is bronze.
They are rigged up with modern Stanley hydraulic automatic
door openers.
The
Mary Brigh wing courtyard shot from the 5th floor. That
statue in the corner is one of the Mayo founder's daughters,
the first registered nurse in Rochester.
A
nice tower structure viewed from the rear of the above left
perspective, as seen high above the interior courtyard.
Earl
relaxing in a chair in his new room after moving out of the
ICU. Direct sunlight through the window lightened things up
tremendously.
His
assigned three-nurse staff getting him checked out in his
new room. He is still plugged tubally and electrically into
quite a few machines and they needed some adjustments so he
could stand up periodically.
This
is where he felt best, believe it or not--standing. Judy is
standing in front of the support stand to make sure the
wheels on it didn't give him a surprise, but his balance was
surprisingly good and she was only there as backup.
Taking
a much-anticipated sip of water after about 36 hours of no
fluid in his mouth. He had just recently brushed his teeth
before this photo, which he said felt like brushing little
fuzzy sweaters off.
One
of his nurses (left) gave him an extension tube on his
Oxygen lines to give him room to step forward and backward
when he repeatedly wanted to get out of his chair.
